NBA ALL-STAR MEDIA DAY

February 18, 2023

Anthony Edwards

Media Day Press Conference

Q. (On younger players from the Atlanta area.)

ANTHONY EDWARDS: Man, we've got some young guys, like middle school. Caleb [Williams] -- my AAU team, 85, we got some young guys. Trey [Parker], Caleb. We got some -- yeah, we got some pretty good players, man. We have Scoot coming out of the G League. Everybody knows him. He is super good.

We have some good guys coming out. Isaiah Collier coming out of Wheeler, going to USC. We have some pretty good guys coming out.

Q. (No microphone.)

ANTHONY EDWARDS: I bring my game. I bring my monitor, and I play the game all night, yeah.

Q. Would you like to be a villain in a movie?

ANTHONY EDWARDS: I was already a villain. Yeah. I want to be a hero next.

Q. DC or --

ANTHONY EDWARDS: I don't care. I just want to be a hero. I don't care which one.

Q. Have you trash-talked somebody in a game like you did in the movie?

ANTHONY EDWARDS: No, I actually don't say anything on the court. Yeah, I just play. I don't say nothing.

Q. How do you always have a pair of --

ANTHONY EDWARDS: My jeweler, he makes sure he keeps me nice, hooked up. We stay in touch. Appreciate it, yeah.

Q. What's the most famous contact in your phone, not in the NBA?

ANTHONY EDWARDS: Adam Sandler probably.

Q. (On reportedly eating 21 bags of hot fries a week.)

ANTHONY EDWARDS: No, man. No, no. Anybody who believe that is crazy, but I love the chips for sure.

Q. How many do you eat?

ANTHONY EDWARDS: I don't know. I may eat one a day probably. Yeah. So, seven a week. Sometimes I don't eat any a day. Like if we're on the road, I don't eat them as much on the road. I only eat them when we're at home.

Q. What do you eat the most?

ANTHONY EDWARDS: Fish probably. Yeah, fish.

Q. (On his goals.)

ANTHONY EDWARDS: Yeah, to win a championship? Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Q. Did you have a big highlight or mixed tape that went viral when you were in high school?

ANTHONY EDWARDS: Did I have a highlight that went viral? No. I wasn't -- no, huh-uh. Nope. Not in high school.

Q. Were there any that you got inspired by?

ANTHONY EDWARDS: Yeah, Aquille Carr. Oh, my God, yeah. Aquille Carr.

Q. How do you think it's changing the game of basketball at all?

ANTHONY EDWARDS: Highlights, mixed tapes? I just think you have to go see guys play, you know. Highlights is highlights. All offense. All the good things. You have to go watch a whole game. For me, I always like to go watch a whole game to see if a guy really knows how to play.

Q. Who is a sleeper from the 2020 NBA Draft class?

ANTHONY EDWARDS: Sleeper in what?

Q. Your draft class.

ANTHONY EDWARDS: My draft class, who is a sleeper? Patrick Williams for the Chicago Bulls.

Q. Who is the next All-Star from your class?

ANTHONY EDWARDS: All-Star in my draft class? Tyrese Maxey, yeah.